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Royal Family announces details of Prince Philip's funeral: Here is what you need to know
Sat Apr 10, 2021 at 7:28pm ET
By John Thomas Didymus
The Royal Family has announced details of Prince Philip's funeral ceremony. Pic credit: ©Imagecollect.com/Admedia
The Royal Family has announced the details of the Duke of Edinburgh's funeral. The details were revealed in a statement shared on the Royal Family's official website.
According to the Twitter page of The Royal Family (see tweet below), the plans are in line with the Duke's wishes.
Prince Philip's funeral ceremony will start at 3 p.m. on Saturday, April 17, at St. George's Chapel in Windsor Castle, according to the statement.
The nation will observe a minute's silence ahead of the commencement of the funeral service. Members of the Royal Family will observe two weeks of official mourning after the funeral.
The ceremony will be televised, but members of the public will not attend.
The Duke will be carried in a specially-modified Land Rover he helped design
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, will be carried to St. George's Chapel in a purpose-built Land Rover he helped to design.
The Land Rover, specially modified to carry the Duke's coffin, will travel through the grounds of Windsor Castle to St. George's Chapel where the funeral ceremony will take place.
The Procession
The procession will include a Bearer Party, drawn from The Queen's Company, 1st Battalion Grenadier Guards. Military members representing detachments of the Duke's military special relationships will also be posted in front of Windsor Castle.
The pallbearers will be followed by members of the Royal Family, including Prince Charles, his siblings, the Duke's grandchildren, and other household members.
Details of The Duke of Edinburgh's Funeral have been announced.
The service will take place:
◾on Saturday 17 April 2021
◾at 3pm
◾in St George's Chapel, Windsor
Find out more: https://t.co/jjzBksqxeu pic.twitter.com/8tj5oBJPQn
— The Royal Family (@RoyalFamily) April 10, 2021
The plans for the funeral are in line with His Royal Highness's own personal wishes.
The occasion will recognise and celebrate The Duke's life and more than 70 years of service to The Queen, the UK and the Commonwealth. pic.twitter.com/cDEx5nGbcc
The Queen will invite 30 guests, Prime Minister Boris Johnson won't attend
Prince Philip reportedly requested a low-key funeral.
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The list of people who will attend the funeral ceremony is expected to consist mostly of senior members of the Royal Family.
According to the Daily Mail, the Queen will invite only about 30 people to the funeral ceremony at St. George's Chapel, including the clergy who will officiate (the Dean of Windsor and the Archbishop of Canterbury).
The 30 will also include Philip's children, grandchildren, and other senior members of the Royal Family.
Philip's private secretary, Brigadier Archie Miller Bakewell, is also expected to be among the guests.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson will not attend to allow more members of the Royal Family to make the 30-guest list, according to the Daily Mail.
The Prince of Wales pays tribute to The Duke of Edinburgh on behalf of The Royal Family. pic.twitter.com/tDP0rkKGzc
— The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall (@ClarenceHouse) April 10, 2021
Philip will be buried in the Royal Vault in St George's Chapel
The Duke will be "interred in the Royal Vault in St George's Chapel," according to the statement by the Royal Family.
After the burial, there "will be a period of National Mourning beginning on Friday 9 April until Saturday 17 April."
During the period of national mourning, Union flags will be flown at half-mast at Royal Residences, government buildings, military establishments, and at the country's diplomatic posts around the world.
The Royal Family will observe two weeks of mourning.
To mark the death of His Royal Highness, The Duke of Edinburgh, at 12pm BST today a gun salute began firing from the Tower of London.
In total 41 rounds are being fired, with 1 round every minute, in unison with other saluting batteries across the UK. pic.twitter.com/0j3lmRwQ8u
— The Tower of London (@TowerOfLondon) April 10, 2021
Today at 1200 the military will mark the death of HRH The Duke of Edinburgh with Gun Salutes across the Nation and at sea.
See below for an explanation what our gun crews will be doing. More info at: https://t.co/XyauTc3Wzn pic.twitter.com/NACtxceH3W
— British Army (@BritishArmy) April 10, 2021
Prince Harry will attend his grandfather's burial
Monsters & Critics reported earlier today that royal sources confirmed Prince Harry will attend Prince Phillip's funeral.
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The Duke of Sussex is expected to return to the U.K. by private jet. While he may be granted a diplomatic exemption to waive the 10-day quarantine rule, he will undergo COVID-19 testing before traveling out of the U.S. and upon arrival in Britain.
Pregnant Meghan Markle won't attend the funeral on doctor's advise
Although sources had confirmed that Harry would be returning to the U.K. for his grandfather's burial, it was at first uncertain whether Markle would travel with him.
However, it has since been confirmed that the Duchess of Sussex will not attend the funeral service. According to the Daily Mail, Meghan, who is pregnant, will be staying at home in Santa Barbara, California, reportedly on the advice of her doctors.
The Sussexes announced they were expecting their second child on Valentine's Day. The baby, a girl, is expected to arrive in the summer, Monsters & Critics reported.
The Duchess of Sussex is reportedly planning a home birth for their second child.
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Seniors Hearn and Swopshire Step Up for Northwestern in Place of Crawford
By Kevin Trahan@insidenu Nov 15, 2012, 10:14pm CST
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In Northwestern's season-opener, Drew Crawford proved why he is the Wildcats' undisputed team leader, scoring 20 points in the first half and setting the tone early. In Thursday's 81-68 win over Mississippi Valley State, he got into foul trouble and scored four points in just 16 minutes.
But with its top returning scorer out, NU got a pick-me-up from two other seniors, as Reggie Hearn and Jared Swopshire each finished with 37 minutes, and 23 and 22 points, respectively, to seal the win.
"He's a good player, Drew, so you want him out there, but he wasn't able to play, so that's an opportunity for some other guys," coach Bill Carmody said.
Hearn and Swopshire combined for nearly half of their team's shots Thursday night, but Hearn claims that wasn't by design. The seniors weren't singled out to make up for Crawford's lack of scoring on their own.
"We're not going to go crazy and try to go one-on-one and everything," Hearn said. "Within the flow of our offense, shots are going to come for everybody, and everybody on the court that we have out there is capable of putting the ball in the hole. I wouldn't say we (had) emphasis on we really needed to pick up the slack."
But when things did flow their way, the seniors delivered, and they kept it going throughout the game despite playing so many minutes
Hearn and Swopshire got to this moment in very different ways. Hearn is a former walk-on who only had offers from Division II, Division III and NAIA schools, while Swopshire is a former four-star recruit who played four years at Louisville before transferring to NU for his final season. Yet both are veterans, and both can command the game in tough situations.
This is the first time Swopshire has had to lead an NU team, but he's had the experience at Louisville, and that experience paid off down the stretch.
"He makes big plays, made some nice passes and there's a calmness about him that I like and I think that's good for the team," Carmody said.
So with his team tied with a clearly inferior opponent in the second half, Swopshire wasn't fazed.
"We have a veteran backcourt, so I knew that eventually they were going to run out of gas," he said. "We just kept telling each other to keep pressuring them defensively and keep being aggressive on the offensive end, and we were able to make that run toward the end of the game."
Hearn was part of the reason for that late run, not only because of his offensive production, but also because of his defense on MVSU star Davon Usher. Usher had 35 points in 39 minutes for the Delta Devils, hitting on 7-of-8 shots from beyond the arc. However, he struggled in the home stretch, due in large part to Hearn's defense.
"It took me, unfortunately, 30 minutes to figure out that I needed to faceguard this kid and make their other guys do the bulk of the scoring, because I remember looking up at some point in the second half and the kid had over half their points," Hearn said. "They're pretty much all on me; that's not a good feeling. I've just got to buckle down, make sure that I know the person that I'm on and know that these guys have got my back if he gets around me."
But a win is a win, and this time, NU picked up a win without its star. Good teams find someone to step up in the face of adversity, and against MVSU, NU found two such players.
"It's just time for me to assert myself, I guess, is the only way I can put it," Hearn said. "I know what to do, I know what Coach Carmody wants me to do, so it's just about going out there and doing it."
He and Swopshire asserted themselves quite well Thursday night.

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Azealia Banks shares Fantasea II tracklist, featuring Mel B and Busta Rhymes
The rapper's new project is scheduled for a March release.
By Jordan Darville
A post shared by Azealia Banks (@azealiabanks) on Jan 19, 2018 at 9:13am PST
Azealia Banks has announced the tracklist for Fantasea II: The Second Wave, her upcoming project. Check it out below via Facebook. The tape is a follow-up to her debut mixtape Fantasea, and is slated for an early summer release, according to a rep for Azealia Banks.
Fantasea II will sport 22 tracks, including features from Mel B of the Spice Girls, Busta Rhymes, Jamie Hince of The Kills, and more, plus a few yet-to-be announced surprise guests and song titles. Fantasea II will also contain a new version of "Along The Coast," which appeared on her 2016 mixtape Slay-Z.
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Azealia Banks was recently signed to Entertainment One, part of what the singer said was "a million dollar deal." Last week, she shared a remix of Drake's hit "God's Plan."
This post was updated on Friday February 23 2018 at 10:34 a.m. EST to include an updated release timeframe for Fantasea II.
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Humphrey Families of Madison, A Vintage Vignette
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Humphrey Families of Madison
A Vintage Vignette by John P. Rankin
One of the most intriguing courtships in Madison occurred between Arthur Holding Lewis and Mattie Cartwright in 1873. According to letters between them, as supplied by descendants, Arthur wrote to Mattie on February 14 (Valentine's Day) to request permission to "court" her. She replied on March 11, saying that the delay was because the issue was of great importance, and she had to deliberate the request for some time. She further stated that "However repugnant a gentleman might be to me, I consider it the highest compliment paid a lady….". Apparently, the decision was favorable, repugnancy not withstanding, as they were married by October of that year in Limestone County. The census of 1880 shows them with a son, two daughters, and two nephews in their household. One of the daughters was Cora Mae Lewis, at age 1 in 1880. By 1898 Cora Mae married James Hermon Humphrey, thus tying together two of the more significant families of early Madison.
The various Humphrey families of Madison descend from Virginia plantation owners in colonial days, with associated surnames including Burwell, Sale, Armistead, and Lightfoot. Their subsequent Madison area linkages include Apperson, Hughes, Spencer, Parham, Lanier, Lipscomb, Bailey, Vaughan, Gray, Cain, Douglass, Darwin, and Strong family members, among others. Hermon Humphrey was a Director of the Bank of Madison, according to a 1913 special edition of the Weekly Mercury newspaper. Per research compiled by Robert E. Sparkman, Hermon was a son of James Alexander Humphrey and Mariah Posey Burwell. In 1885 James Alexander Humphrey joined with Thomas B. Hopkins, John Buchanan Floyd, and others to form the Madison Male and Female Academy that operated just west of today's Sullivan Street, along Pension Row.
James Alexander was a brother of storeowner William Binford Humphrey, who lived at 23 Front Street, where Thomas J. Clay had built the second store in Madison, which also served as the first post office, located along Buttermilk Alley. This was the house of Madison's Police Chief Audrey Van Kay in the 1950s and 60s. Chief Kay had the distinction of owning a city-supplied police car, but he couldn't drive, so others had to provide that service to him whenever he needed to chase bad guys. Rodney Whatley owns and maintains the historic house today. In the early 1900s when William Binford Humphrey and his wife Nancy Parham lived at 23 Front Street, his store was not in the house. It was on Main Street, at the location now occupied by Hale Fire Glass, which was previously West Station Antiques.
The father of James Alexander and William Binford Humphrey was Boyle Phillips Humphrey, who married Susannah Harvey Sneed. In 1875 there was a Serena F. Sneed who purchased a lot from T. S. Clay and another from J. W. and Elizabeth Wingo, both of which adjoined Boyle P. Humphrey's lot in the area from Church Street along Mill Road to Sturdivant Street today. A cousin who made his mark in Madison was Flavius J. Humphrey, who constructed the original house at 18 Arnett Street. This house was later purchased and expanded by James Henry Cain and is now owned by Stan and Jeanne Steadman. Flavius was a son of Edmund Humphrey, who lived in Meridianville and owned land north of Winchester Road and east of Memorial Parkway. Altogether, there were a number of Humphrey families in Madison through the years, and their connections with other historic families, businesses and homes were numerous. Their presence formed a large part of the fabric of the town in the past, and it remains to this day through many resident descendants.
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Connelly Waxes Biblical
JENNIFER CONNELLY relished her role as the wife of Noah in the new film adaptation of the same name - directed by Black Swan's Darren Aronofsky - since the part gave her the chance to help tell the story of one of the Bible's earliest female characters from a new perspective.
"If you read Genesis, she doesn't even have a name," Connelly said of her character - called Naameh in the film. "I don't think that there's anything wrong with being supportive, and devoted, and having faith. I mean, it's a very particular circumstance - the creator has been communicating with Noah - so one understands her faith and following him. But, in the context of the story, I do think that she has extraordinary strength. She's physically capable, she's industrious, I think that she changes the outcome of the story. I think she's enterprising, she has great reserves of strength - and that the source of that strength, really, is love. I think that's what really makes her powerful: that she embodies a very profound love."
Centred around the story that we all know so well, the Sunday School-version remains essentially intact (the animals go on two by two, the ark is as gigantic as you might suppose), but Aronofsky adds a human dimension - as well as a mythical one - to the drama. Much has been made of the budget of the new version (reportedly more than £100 million) and the CGI effects used (incredible and at times overwhelming), but Connelly asserts that the focus should be on something more fundamental.
"I felt that, while being creative, it was also really true to the spirit of the story as it was in the Bible," she told us. "You can't control people's reactions to things, and I felt that everyone was approaching it very responsibly and respectfully. Darren is a huge talent, it was a huge production - and I felt that it took on the material very thoughtfully and very seriously."
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Why are we okay with violence in RPGs?
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Wednesday, 19th June, 2019, 04:48 AM #271
Flexor the Mighty!
The Great Druid (Lvl 17)
See this is why I have such a hard time taking you seriously @Maxperson. You obviously never played adnd. 6-9 pcs was the standard group. Four pcs is a 3e thing.
AD&D for us back in the 80's was 3-6 players. Though most modules were written for 6-10 PC. We just never had that many people to play.
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Well darn. I guess I need to call up my 3 gaming buddies and tell them that all those years of playing 1e and 2e didn't count, because we didn't do it your way.
Originally Posted by Flexor the Mighty!
Yeah, I realized I said PC's and I should have said "characters". There would likely be 3-6 players and a mitt full of NPC's as well. At least, that's what the presumption was.
Originally Posted by Maxperson
Your the one telling me that the presumption was 4 PC's. That an encounter should have multiple dragons because I have so many PC's. But, that's not true. I had the standard number of characters that was expected by the game. 4 PC's as a group wasn't a standard presumption until 3e. Sure, I played with less than that many characters too. But, we're talking about the game, not the game you played at your table or the game I played at my table.
That's one of the biggest problems I always have with talking about AD&D. Folks presume that whatever way they played back in the day was the "norm" and anything deviating from that was just a corner case exception. Never minding what the game ACTUALLY SAYS. No. The game is whatever some particular DM happened to play and everyone else is wrong.
Makes actually discussing older versions of D&D so bloody difficult.
Lanefan
Victoria BC
3-6 players can easily play 6-10 PCs - nothing limits them to one each...
Wednesday, 19th June, 2019, 01:27 PM #275
Below is the presumption from 1e. You guys are looking at modules, often created for tournament or convention play, where you had more players than normal.
From page 7 of the 1e PHB:
"The game is ideally for three or more adult players: one player must serve as the Dungeon Master, the shaper of the fantasy milieu, the "world" in which all action will take place."
That's it. That's the presumption. Three or more. And if the minimum three still qualifies "ideal," then encounters would have to be based around that number or close to it. Four anyone?
billd91
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Why not three players and a GM? That's even closer than 4 in this case! Honestly, you're reading way too much into that statement. It comes nowhere close to making the same statement about the number of players that 3e does with its 4 player design assumption.
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Originally Posted by Celebrim
You are stating that as if it was an objective fact. I at least have an argument for why it isn't. I could make further ones.
Well, yes, that's how it works -- your preference isn't objective just because you have it. And having an argument doesn't make it so, either. If acting is the superior form of roleplay as you claim, where is the evidence for such? I'm a bit surprised that you're actually arguing this.
You've already acknowledged that roleplaying includes non-acting performances, so let's both ackowledge that roleplaying is broader than acting. Fundamentally, roleplaying is about assuming the role and motivations of a character. Now, it would seem to follow that the closer one can approximate the character's role and motivation, the better the roleplay. Agreed?
Your argument is that this is accomplished by acting out the character in 1st person. I agree this can be so, but disagree that it is always so. Acting is a skill that isn't evenly distributed, and poor acting can act to distance or seperate a person from the character. From the other side, ut's possible to strongly empathize with a character without acting in first person -- ie, a character may be fully and faithfully represented in the 3rd person. Therefore, it stands to reason that acting may be sufficient for roleplay, but it is not necessary, and this carries through all levels of skill at roleplaying.
The above is also not objective fact, but it does put paid to tge idea tgat your formulation is. What I find actually distasteful about your formulation on superior roleplay is that it takes ability in acting and uses this to tell players they aren't as good at roleplaying. This fails miserably if a player is playing a character with abilities outside of their own such that it is impossible for them to act out those abilities in person. It also is saying that the declaration of, "Bob the Sage casts Augury by making the sign of the outworlds to call on Fgthan the Demure," is less roleplaying than acting out making the sign of Fgthan, especially when no one has any idea what this involves.
You may noy be surprised that I also strongly disagree that social mechanics reduce interaction. Free Kreigspeil is not inherently superior.
Originally Posted by billd91
How is reading what is says straight out as what it says straight out as "way too much?" If the game is ideal for three of more, a single dragon cannot be balanced against 6-9. That would not be ideal. Rather, one dragon is balanced against around three so as to be ideal and if you have more players than that, you add more dragons.
Celebrim
Colombus, OH
I stopped being as careful, because the game became waaaaaaay easier.
This not at all my experience. ''Ease" or "difficulty" is entirely a matter of the DM. I can make a killer dungeon in any edition. I can run through a stack of photocopied character sheets in any edition. It's not particularly hard in any edition to make the game difficult. So I'm having a hard time understanding how you can judge which edition was easier.
Is poison less immediately a "save or die" sort of thing? Sure. But that doesn't make 1e harder than later editions. It just meant as a DM you had to be more careful about how you handled creatures with poison, and as a player how you fought them. Energy drain is similar. Honestly, the rate which I had PC's lost to poison and energy drain hasn't changed much between the two editions. That's probably not a ubiquitous experience, but for example with poison most DMs (including myself) in 1e either carefully handled poisonous monsters or if we were going to not carefully handle them, made sure that the resources like Slow Poison, Neutralize Poison, and Keotougm's Ointment necessary to mitigate poison were available in sufficient quantities that if the PC's were careful, they would be able to deal with bad luck.
All you are really showing is that 3e was less arbitrary than 1e. As far as difficulty goes, there are a ton of things in 3e that are vastly more difficult than 1e. Monsters don't top out at effectively 'CR 10'. The rules include standardized methods for increasing the HD and difficult of foes through advancement, templates, and character levels. In 1e, after a party hit name level there were only a few things in the MM that even represented much of a threat to the party. Monsters now explicitly have strength, dexterity, and constitution. In 1e, a fighter would often have more hit points than anything he encountered. In 3e, you often encounter things with 2-3 times as many hit points as the party fighter. With strength scores, all monsters can hit like a truck, and not just a few high end monsters like giants. One of the ways that 3e is vastly harder than 1e, is that it was comparatively easy in 1e to buff AC to the point that monsters almost never hit you. They rarely had bonuses to hit, and they topped off at 16 HD on the standard chart. It was fairly easy to get to the point that pretty much every thing you encountered would need a 20 or nearly a 20 to hit. But in 3e, monsters have more HD, better THAC0, and almost always have additional bonuses to hit from high strength. And on top of that, monsters can critically hit you, turning fights that should be easy into suddenly nervy moments. Yes, more things get saving throws, but those saving throws don't have static DC's. A few things in 1e had -2 or -4 penalties to saves. In 3e, the save difficulties get ludicrously high so that even high level characters are rarely going to pass their saves. That one change alone in my experience made 3e much harder than 1e, because high level 1e characters could reliably pass saving throws with only a minimal amount of magical boosts. Plus 3e really stressed all sorts of new challenges. Swarms for example became a standardized thing and brought new terrors to the game.
Or lets take an example from 5e: 11th level fighter with typical stats and equipment for an 11th level fighter in a solo fight again 1st level fighters with typical stats in equipment. In a recent thread, someone claimed that in 5e the 11th level fighter could defeat about 11 1st level fighters. You want to talk about a difficulty spike. Back in the day I had written a combat simulator for D&D on my Commodore 64 in Basic, and I frequently ran those sort of scenarios - 10th level fighter versus kobolds, 10th level fighter versus orcs, 10th level fighter versus bugbears, etc. The numbers for a 1e AD&D 11th level fighter versus 1st level fighters would have been around 100. I seem to remember a scenario where the fighter could get his back to the wall, and he'd go through over 300 orcs assuming they didn't have any ranged or reach weapons. Name level parties could literally take on armies all on their own in 1e. Now just a dozen mooks are dangerous? That's a huge change in difficulty, moved to a different place in the game, granted, but still a huge change.
In short, this is all a DM thing. It's about how the DM uses his tools, crafts his challenges, and how he expects the party to use the resources he provides to overcome those challenges. How hard things are depends on how stingy the DM is resources, how harshly he rules, and how much he stacks the odds against the party.
We didn't allow UA stuff for the most part.
I've noticed that there is a huge gulf in experience between players that used UA and those who didn't. While my play goes back to about 1981, I really didn't have a full group and the maturity to really run the games until 1984 or so. So naturally, UA was just treated as a ordinary thing by me and most groups I met with players about my age. Slightly older players who had been playing since the OD&D days who didn't adopt UA, had a much different experience.
Every table I sat at had a few players running two pcs to get the party to 6 or 8 pcs to solve the manpower problem.
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Google, which will be the newest entrant to the handset market, announced plans for the acquisition last year in a bid to secureMotorola's valuable patents and pave the way for a pairing of Google's Android mobile software and Motorola's handset business.
U.S. and European regulators approved the deal in February, leaving only the Chinese regulators as potential spoilers.
"Our stance since we agreed to acquire Motorola has not changed, and we look forward to closing the deal," Google spokeswoman Niki Fenwick said, confirming that the Chinese had approved the deal.
Google, whose Android software is the top operating system for Internet-enabled smart phones, wants phone-maker Motorola for its 17,000 patents and 7,500 patent applications, as it looks to compete with rivals such as Apple Inc. and defend itself and Android phone manufacturers in patent litigation.
A main condition of the deal is that the Android system remain free and open for five years, said a source who is familiar with the Chinese approval but not authorized to discuss it.
"We are pleased that the deal has received approval in all jurisdictions and we expect to close early next week," Motorola spokeswoman Jennifer Weyrauch-Erickson said.
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Mother-of-the-Bride and-Groom Dresses
When Should the Mothers of the Bride and Groom Buy Their Dresses for the Wedding?
Timing is important.
By Blythe Copeland March 30, 2020
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Any bride or groom who's planned a wedding can vouch for how hard it is to get an excited mother to calm down a little bit—especially when she's ready to start shopping for her own wedding-day attire. But bridal fashion comes with its own etiquette rules, say the experts, and that starts with the bride choosing her wedding dress before anyone else in the bridal party lays down her credit card for their attire. "The bride's gown sets the tone for the whole wedding, so it's safe to say her gown should come first," says BHLDN stylist Lindsey Love. Following the bride's example will also help the mothers focus their search. "Should the dress be very formal, suitable for a beach event, short or long—the bride's choice in a dress will answer these questions," says Melinda Ladyzinski, owner of Elizabeth Johns bridal boutique in Ardmore, Pennsylvania.
The bridesmaids typically choose their dresses next—with direction from the bride—and then the mothers get their turn. "Most moms select their dresses after the bridesmaids because they want wedding photos to reflect a cohesive look," says Ladyzinski. "They should not try to match colors to each other or the bridal party, but should find colors that complement the bride's colorway." This could mean choosing a subtle neutral or metallic that doesn't compete with the bridesmaids' gowns, or an opposite shade for bright contrast, but should always take into account the mother's preference. "First and foremost," says Ladyzinksi, "mothers should choose a color they love."
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The style and silhouette of the moms' gowns also depend on each woman's taste, but they should make sense alongside the bride's and bridesmaids' gowns. "I think it's important that mothers' dresses match the feel of the bridal party," says Ladyzinski. "If it's a beach wedding and the bridal party is wearing simple, flowy dresses, the mother's dress should be similar, rather than a dress with very ornate beading that you would expect to see at a black-tie event."
Once the moms have their direction, they're free to start the search. Etiquette usually dictates that the mother of the bride chooses her gown before the mother of the groom, says Ladyzinski. "Typically the bride's mother is offered the courtesy of first choice," she says. "But the bride's mom should make a timely decision to give the groom's mom sufficient time to find her dress." The couple's mothers rarely choose matching gowns, but can coordinate with each other to make sure the gowns won't compete in family photos. "Ensuring both dresses have a consistent aesthetic, whether through embellishment, color palette, or length, will guarantee a perfect pairing," says BHLDN stylist Cassandra Baden.
While the dress search can result in some friction—either between the moms or among the couple and one or both mothers—Ladyzinski reminds everyone involved to keep the end goal—a beautiful wedding—in mind. "I recommend communication from all parties, and a willingness to compromise," she says. "In the end, we want everyone to feel beautiful on the wedding day."
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PhD Defense by Mikkel S. Svenningensen
Title: Stochastic Bacterial Growth and Survival
Abstract: An isogenic bacterial population exhibits huge cell-to-cell variation in survival times during treatment with antibiotics. Most cells are eradicated within a generation time, whereas a few cells survive surprisingly long. These long-term surviving cells are referred to as bacterial persisters. The phenomenon of bacterial persistence is investigated in this thesis from different angles with four different projects. The approach is both theoretical and experimental.
The first project dealt experimentally with persisters measured by fluorescent timelapse microscopy. The persisters were triggered by a temperature-sensitive allele of the valS gene, raising the intracellular (p)ppGpp level as a function of the temperature. The intracellular levels of (p)ppGpp and the RelE toxin were measured with fluorescent reporters. We tried to establish whether the stochastic formation of persisters originated from fluctuations in either the (p)ppGpp level or the RelE level. We showed a correlation between fluctuations in the RelE reporter and persistence. However, removing ten type II mRNase toxin-antitoxin systems, including the RelBE system, from our wildtype strain, did not change the persister fraction in batch cultures.
The second project was a theoretical study of protein distributions. In general, the tails of probability distributions are very sensitive to small changes in the distribution mean. We showed this tail-effect in cell-to-cell protein distributions, by showing that the probability for rare protein concentrations depended strongly on small changes in the population mean. We demonstrated how the left-tail was very dependent on whether the mean changed due to the transcription or the translation rate. We proposed how the tail-effect could be related to persistence.
In the third project, we experimentally showed the presence of week-long survivors formed during balanced exponential growth. We then perturbed the killing dynamics by changing the carbon source in the growth medium and by removing the gene relA, which had a surprisingly small effect on the long-term killing dynamics. However, a glucose downshift prior to the addition of antibiotics significantly increased the persister fraction for at least four days. This effect was shown to be dependent on relA.
The fourth project was a theoretical investigation of the origins of heterogeneity in doubling time distributions. We proposed a simple growth model that produces a subpopulation of extremely slow-growing cells. The slow growth corresponds to collapses in the central metabolism and it could be interpreted as a persister state.
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Our dinghy is named Teapot, acquired on August 9th 2021. It is made of fibreglass, and is 7 ft long. We bought it off Linda from SV Temenos. At the time it bore the name Mini T.
We like to take it out on solo trips in evenings, in calm weather.
We had a soft dinghy for a while, named iggy but it died in the South Pacific.
Teapot's pram shape allows it to fit well in front of our baby stay. When we move from one anchorage to the other, we always hoist it back up on deck, we never tow it. When anchoring, we tie a halyard to a strongpoint forward of the dinghy(visible in above photo), and lift it up (just the front) to have access to the anchor locker underneath. The aft portion of the dinghy is tied down, so it doesn't shift around when we sail, and because it's tied down at that point, it works as a fixed pivot to lift the dinghy, safely.
Sometimes we like to daydream about what life on the water could be like if no one had motors.
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Long Island Born Italian / American Hall of Famer: Craig Biggio (1988-2007)
Craig Alan Biggio was born on December 14, 1965 in Smithtown, New York. Biggio was a star athlete at Kings Park high school in Long Islands Suffolk County. There he won the Hansen Award which is given to the top football player in Suffolk County.
He received a bunch of football offers but chose to play baseball at Seton Hall University in New Jersey. There he was a team mate of future Met Mo Vaughn & John Valentin. He earned All American Honors & was selected first round (22nd pick overall) by the Houston Astros in 1987.
Biggio would debut in 1988 for 50 games & by the following season would be an Astro regular for twenty seasons. He began his career as a catcher, then played two seasons as a centerfielder before switching to a full time second baseman in 1992 winning four Gold Gloves at the position. He is the first player to make the All Star team as a catcher then second baseman.
Biggio would play in seven All Star Games, lead the league in plate appearances five times, games three times, doubles three times, runs scored twice, stolen bases once & hit by pitches five times. He broke Don Baylor's record of hit by pitches in 2005 finishing his career with 285.
In all those times getting plunked he never charged the mound. Biggio is one of three players all time with more than 2,500 hits, 500 doubles, 400 stolen bases and more than 250 home runs. In 1998 he became the first player since Tris Speaker to hit 50 doubles & steal 50 bases.
Biggio was a long time leadoff man, one of the best all time & is the NL leader in lead off HRs (2 During the 2007 season the Astros installed a digital counter scoreboard in left field keeping track of Biggio's hits, counting down to 3000.
On June 28, 2007, he became the 27th player in MLB history to join the 3000 hit club. The hit came against Aaron Cook & the Colorado Rockies, even though he was tagged out trying to stretch a single to a double. The game was stopped while Biggio shared the moment with his wife, children &
Longtime friend Jeff Bagwell who emerged from the Astros clubhouse to congratulate him.
Biggio played in six different post seasons, playing in two NLCS & one World Series losing to the White Sox in 2004. In the 2004 NLDS against Atlanta he hit .400 with a HR in the five run 2nd inning of Game #4.
In 2005 he rolled through the post season batting .316 in the NLDS with four doubles. In the NLCS he was 8-24 batting .333 with three RBIs. In the World Series he batted only .222 driving in a run in Game #3 of the Series sweep.
Although he never led the league in any major category he was among the top many times, although he played in a smaller media market in Houston & was over shadowed by many other star players with bigger number, he is a shoe in for the Hall of Fame.
Biggio finished his career winning four Gold Gloves, made seven All Star teams & four Player of the Week Awards. He also won the 1997 Branch Rickey Award, 2005 Hutch Award & 2007 Roberto Clemente Award.
He had 3060 hits (22nd all time) 668 doubles (5th all time) 55 triples, 291 HRs (135th all time) 1175 RBIs (168th all time) 1844 runs scored (15th all time) 414 stolen bases (66th all time) 1160 walks (67th all time) a .281 batting average & a .363 on base % in 2850 games played (15th all time).
Honors: In 2015 Biggio was inducted in the Baseball Hall of Fame at Cooperstown. His class included former Met Pedro Martinez, John Smoltz & Randy Johnson.
Biggio had his number 7 retired by the Houston Astros, and has won numerous awards through the years for his charity works.
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Cefotaxime and Benzyladenine Improve Melon Regeneration
Document Type: Brief Report
Davood Naderi 1
Omid Askari-Khorasgani 1, 2
Esmaeil Mahmoudi 3
1 Young Researchers and Elite Club, Isfahan (Khorasgan) Branch, Islamic Azad University, Isfahan, Iran
2 Department of Horticulture, Faculty of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Isfahan (Khorasgan) Branch, Islamic Azad University, Isfahan, Iran
3 Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Isfahan (Khorasgan) Branch, Islamic Azad University, Isfahan, Iran
Background: Worldwidely cultivated, melon is commercially an important fruit crop, as it is in Iran. Objectives: Establishment of an efficient in vitro plant regeneration system plays a pivotal role in the plant transformation, hence, the importance of regeneration protocol for Iranian melon (Cucumis melo L. var. Gorgab) has encouraged us to work on in vitro melon regeneration. Material and Methods: The effect of selective media, including various concentrations of the 6-benzyladenine (BA), cefotaxime, as well as indole-3-acetic acid (IAA) on regeneration of the cotyledonary petioles derived from a 6-day-old in vitro grown seedlings were assessed. Results: The highest frequency of regeneration rate was recorded at 1.5 mg.L-1 of the BA plus 250 mg.L-1 cefotaxime in addition to 1 mg.L-1 BA plus 1000 mg.L-1 cefotaxime. The highest percentage of the shoot formation (100%) was recorded at 1 mg.L-1 BA plus 1000 mg.L-1 cefotaxime, while, it was relatively lower (75%) on than the medium containing 1.5 mg.L-1 BA in combination with 250 mg.L-1 cefotaxime. The highest root induction was observed in the medium containing 500 mg.L-1 cefotaxime + 0.1 mg.L-1 IAA. A significant positive influence on roots and leaves formation, as well as their number, in addition to regeneration of shoots was observed as well. Conclusions: This is the first work reporting an appropriate regeneration procedure for the melon, an Iranian native crop.
Agrobacterium tumefaciens
Cucumis melo
Cucumis melo L. is among the melon species that encompasses numerous varieties of the cultivars. The plant commonly grows in the tropical, subtropical, as well as in the warm temperate (hot summer) regions of the globe. Central Asia, particularly Khorasan and Persia (Iran), is believed to be the land of origin and development wherein sweet melons have emerged (1). Despite endeavours for developing protocols for melon genetic transformation over the past recent years, genotype-dependency and the low manipulation efficiency (0-12.5%) as yet are the two major factors that interfere with the transformation (2). During 2012, the performance yield of the cantaloupe and other melons by Iran has been estimated around 17682.9 Kg.ha-1 with a total production quantity of 1,450,000 tons. Asia dominates the world's cantaloupe production as well as other melon species. Among the leading countries, China produces the highest amount, (17,568,700 tonnes), followed by Turkey (1,708,415 tons) tonnes) and Iran (1,450,000 tonnes) (FAO, 2012) (3).
Thus far, there were only few researches conducted regarding melon. To attain mass production and commercially reasonable, a long way is left to go, more examinations are needed to be done and technologies such as gene transfer, in addition to the breeding programs should be undertaken (4, 5). Although there were numerous attempts to develop virus-resistant transgenic varieties of the melon, still a successful in vitro protocol is required for regeneration of the transgenic plants.
Through undertaking the present study it was attempted to develop an efficient procedure for improving both the reproducibility and the rate of recovery of the stably transformed plants derived from cotyledonary petiole of an Iranian melon species (Local name: Gorgabe's Melon). To establish a reliable and efficient regeneration system, suitable for the proliferation of the transgenic plants, the effects of antibiotics and 6-benzyladenine (BA) on the organogenesis of this native crop was scrutinized.
3.1. Plant Material and Preparation
Mature seeds of Cucumis melo var. Gorgab were used as source of explant for the organogenesis induction. Seed coats were removed and the surface was disinfected in the 70% ethanol for 2 min, followed by 1.5% sodium hypochlorite solution, containing 2 drops of the Tween-20 per 100 mL solution for 20 min. Finally, seeds were rinsed four times in the sterile distilled water and cultured on ½ MS (Murashige and Skoog) medium (6).
The proximal cotyledon section with its 2-3 mm-long hypocotyl stub of the 6-days-old in vitro grown seedlings were excised as explants, and the apical buds of the seedlings were removed under stereomicroscope ('de-budding'). Subsequently, the explants derived from 5-7 mm of the cotyledonary petioles were incubated abaxial side down on MS medium supplemented with a range of concentrations of BA (0, 1, and 1.5 mg.L-1), and cefotaxime (0, 250, 500, 750, and 1000 mg.L-1). Regenerated shoots grown in the medium containing 250 mg.L-1 cefotaxime plus 1 mg.L-1 BA were then subcultured on MS medium supplemented with a range of concentrations of the cefotaxime (0, 250, and 500 mg.L-1) combined with 0.1 mg.L-1 Indole-3-acetic acid (IAA) for root induction. The medium was autoclaved at 121°C for 20 min and the pH of the medium was adjusted to 5.8 with 1 N KOH or HCl prior to autoclaving. Cultures were incubated in the growth chamber at 25±1°C in a normal 16 h light and 8 h dark photoperiod provided by 40-50 mmol.m-2.s-1 cool-white fluorescent lamps. Each combination of the concentrations were replicated 8 times in the petri dishes (100×15 mm), with 4 segments in each replication. Explants were sub-cultured onto the same medium every 3 weeks after data collection.
Each treatment was replicated three times. A factorial experiment in a completely randomized design was applied to analyze the data. Analysis of variance (ANOVA) using SAS (version 9.1) was applied for testing data and the difference among the means was compared using LSD test at P < 0.05.
4.1. Effects of BA and Cefotaxime on Shoot Regeneration and Callus Induction
Since it has been verified that antibiotics can induce negative effects on the plant tissues and regeneration, selection of the appropriate antibiotic and its concentration for Agrobacterium growth suppression plays a crucial role in a successful Agrobacterium-mediated plant transformation. Apart from this, plants sensitivity to the antibiotics is species-dependent by either inhibiting or promoting regeneration (7, 8 and 9). Therefore, in the present investigation the assay was focused on the effects of the BA and cefotaxime on the regeneration of the Cucumis melo var. Gorgab. Interestingly, the obtained results have indicated that application of the cefotaxime in the media has numerous significant positive effects on the bud initiation improvement, shoot regeneration, callus formation, root induction, along with leaf formation (Tables 1 and 2). As shown in the (Table 1), the high frequency of the regeneration rate was obtained in the media containing 1.5 mg.L-1 BA plus 250 mg.L-1 cefotaxime and 1 mg.L-1 BA plus 1000 mg.L-1 cefotaxime with an average of 9.2 and 9 regenerated shoots per explant respectively. Regarding the callus formation, the medium containing 1 mg.L-1 BA plus 250 mg.L-1 cefotaxime exhibited the highest callus production (Table 1).
4.2. Effects of IAA and Cefotaxime on Regenerated Shoots
As could be seen in the (Table 2), application of cefotaxime did not put forth any phytotoxic effect on the regenerated shoots. In contrast, the percentage of the rooted explants, leaf development, and shoot elongation were improved. By looking at the results presented in the (Table 2), it could be clearly understood that, while, a higher concentration of the cefotaxime plus IAA (500 mg.L-1 and 0.1 mg.L-1 of each) was considerably more influential on the root induction, in contrast, cefotaxime at a concentration of 250 mg.L-1 plus 0.1 mg.L-1 IAA results in both secondary root and leaf formation to a significant higher levels.
Cefotaxime belongs to cephalosporins, known as b-lactams; an antibiotic that prevents bacterial proliferation by inhibiting the cell wall synthesis during bacterial cell division (10). Cephalosporins bind to penicillin-binding proteins, enzymes responsible for synthesis or modifying bacterial cell wall. Binding of the antibiotic inhibits cell wall synthesis and causes bacterial death through enzyme-mediated lysis occuring following to the drug administration that causes death as a result of the defective cell wall formation (11). Although some bacteria contain beta-lactamases, which can inhibit the activity of the antibiotic through hydrolysis of the cyclic amide bonds of the b-lactam ring, cefotaxime is highly resistant to beta-lactamases produced by the Agrobacterium (12). Several studies have demonstrated either a positive or a negative effect of the antibiotics, such as, cefotaxime on the direct as well as indirect regeneration in a dose-dependent manner varying according to the plant species, type of explant, and culture system.
With regards to the explant position, researchers have stated that young and undifferentiated cells in the proximal zone of hypocotyl may contribute to the rapidity of the regeneration rather than cotyledon section (13). This might be related to the differences in endogenous phytohormone levels in the plant tissues (14) or the meristemic activity of the plant tissue as well, which might be affected by plant growth regulators such as cytokinin (15). Moreover, shoot buds usually arise from the meristematic cells called meristemoids.
The superiority of the cotyledonary petiole explants over other types of explant in Cucumis melo cv. Khatooni from Cucurbitaceae (16), and even Kelussia odoratissima from the Apiaceae family (17) have also been reported. Consistently, our preliminary investigation has shown that cotyledonary petiole fragments cultured on the media containing BA, and cefotaxime can exert a strong positive influence on the in vitro regeneration system. Likewise, our results have demonstrated that 1 mg.L-1 BA in addition to 1000 mg.L-1 cefotaxime and/or 1.5 mg.L-1 BA plus 250 mg.L-1 cefotaxime would be the best treatments for regeneration of this species, which could be helpful for suppressing Agrobacterium growth as well (Table 1). The different concentration of BA that were reported in studies on melon could possibly be due to the variations in the endogenous hormone levels among the different cultivars. Additionally, different plant genotype and varieties exhibit quite different regeneration rates (18). Explant age and gelling agents may also affect the melon regeneration efficiency (19).
Our results also showed that medium containing 1 mg.L-1 BA plus 250 mg.L-1 cefotaxime was efficient for callus production, producing white and friable callus. As well, our results further indicated that regenerability of the C. melo cotyledonary petiole explants were affected by the exogenous application of BA and cefotaxime.
The results obtained in this work verify that cefatoxime has a positive influence in regeneration processes of C. melo var. Gorgab. The positive impact of the antibiotics may be accounted for their hormone-like effects on the plant tissues, which, can also be affected by the plant growth regulators in the medium in addition to influence on the regeneration and callus growth efficiency (20).
As shown in (Table 2), our results have verified that IAA and cefotaxime have markedly improved root, shoot, and leaf formation, as well as plantlet elongation. Based on our preliminary investigation even ½ MS medium without auxin has the potential of the root induction (data not shown). This could be due to the fact that different melon cultivars might respond to the different concentration of the plant growth regulators (18).
Plantlets with a well-developed root system were successfully acclimatized (100% survival rate) by transplanting them into plastic containers containing peat moss and perlite (1:1) in the greenhouse under normal condition at ambient temperature of 23±2°C, and 70% relative humidity.
In conclusion, through evaluating the efficiency of BA and cefotaxime on regeneration system, we have established a reliable procedure for proliferation of the transgenic and non-transgenic Iranian melon, which is suitable for boosting the manipulation of the melon transformation for commercial purposes. Medium containing 1 mg.L-1 BA and 1000 mg.L-1 cefotaxime and/or 1.5 mg.L-1 BA plus 250 mg.L-1 cefotaxime showed a significant positive effect on regeneration system, which may also be applicable for Agrobacterium elimination. As well, the significant positive effect of the cefotaxime on shoot induction, the striking positive synergistic effects of the cefotaxime along with IAA and BA on bud and root induction, shoot elongation, leaf development, and callus growth were also evident. Therefore, our data seem to suggest the optimal level of BA and cefotaxime, pertinent for regeneration and transformation of the Cucumis melo (L) var. Gorgab.
This research was supported by a research grant (project no. 51755901209015) from the Research Council of the Isfahan (Khorasgan) Branch, Islamic Azad University, Iran.
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Rise Up Right Sports Highlights
February 12, 2020 February 18, 2020 TheChallengerNews	#sportshighlights
by Andre Robinson
Welcome to Rise Up Right, where we give you the best sports news and highlights, and updates taking full circle in the sports world. Thank you for your continued support….and with that being said Let's Rise Up….
XFL Football Scores
Saturday February 8th
DC 31 SEA 19
HOU 37 LA17
Sunday February 9th
NY 23 TB 3
STL 15 DAL 9
Now doesn't it feel good to have football in mid February? There were a lot of naysayers were very skeptical of the XFL League. A league that is now on its second leg as a football league. The first go-round was very unsuccessful similar to the AAF league that recently imploded due to finances. Vince McMahon, who is CEO of the world-renowned WWE has put together a seemingly better product this go around then the first. Many people have been delighted by the many changes we were able to witness during the Kickoff weekend to the XFL Season. The kickoff rules are totally different and very exciting for the most part. The rules also protect with player safety which is very important. There are no extra points. Teams after a touchdown have the choice of going for a one point, two point or 5 point conversion from the two, five or ten yard line adding more excitement to game play. From my observation of Week 1, this league has the potential to last for a very long time if it sticks to its principles. I mean they have an official on the field just to spot the football. Plays that need further review are looked at upstairs in the booth in which you get to hear the conversation between the booth reviewer and the officials on the field giving you clarity on each review. In talking with many people who watched the games this weekend, overall they were pleased with the product. Hopefully the XFL will be around for a long of period of time.
Making History with Aja Smith
The WWE this week has been making history in more ways than one. Aja Smith was signed by the WWE this week making her the first African-American full-time referee in the history of the WWE. She will be refereeing matches on one of the hottest WWE brands in NXT. Aja Smith who went by the name of Aja Perera, has competed all over the US, Japan and Mexico. Aja Smith has held tag team championships along with the SHINE Nova championship during her wrestling journey. As a huge fan of NXT, I will definitely be watching NXT even more in support of Aja Smith, the 1st African American referee in WWE. Congratulations, the wrestling world can't wait to see you on Wednesday nights.
Buffalo Sabres News
This season is starting to look real similar to last season's performance where the Sabres got off to a hot start but turned into a dumpster fire afterwards. The Buffalo Sabres lost another game on Sunday to the Anaheim Ducks 3-2 in which the offense just hasn't been able to produce. Home tickets have went down to as low as $6. And frustrated fans were holding protest in front of KeyBank Center on Sunday asking Where's Terry? Currently the Buffalo Sabres record is 24-24-8 for a whooping total of 56 points so far this season. The Buffalo Sabres front office needs to address this situation and fast.
Buffalo Bills News
There has been a lot of conversation in the offseason about what the Buffalo Bills should do. First and foremost, allot of analysts are wondering should the Buffalo Bills find a new right tackle even though Cody Ford wasn't too bad last season. A lot of bills fans are also wondering if they will acquire Amari Cooper or Todd Gurley in the off-season. Another big concern is what will the Buffalo Bills do with the first round draft pick? I'll propose that the Buffalo Bills should go get a big body wide receiver in the first round if they do not acquire one through free agency. The bills also could use a number 2 corner to compliment Tre White who arguably should have been defensive player of the year as he did not allow any receivers to score a touchdown against him. The Buffalo Bills could also be looking to acquire pass-rush if they do not re-sign Jordan Phillips and with Lorenzo Alexander retiring the Bill's will definitely need to fill those gaps in the defense that was number 3 overall last season.
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Home Alpine Skiing ALPINE SKIING: Consistent Holdener wins women's Alpine Combined
ALPINE SKIING: Consistent Holdener wins women's Alpine Combined
Swiss World Champion Wendy Holdener (Photo: Roland Osbeck via Wikipedia Commons)
The Alpine Combined is the least-appreciated and least-held event on the Alpine World Cup calendar, but it is still part of the Alpine World Championships. Friday's competition showcased that winning this event requires consistency more than anything else.
Swiss Wendy Holdener, the 2017 World Combined Champion, repeated her victory with two quality runs. She finished fifth in the Downhill run, an event in which she has never won a World Cup medal. The leader was Ramona Siebenhofer, an excellent speed racer, but not a strong technical skier.
When the Slalom came, Holdener – an excellent technical skier – was ready to pounce, and produced the third-fastest run of the session, which was enough to put her in first place. She edged ahead of Slovakia's Petra Vlhova, who had the eighth-fastest Downhill, but turned in the second-fastest Slalom, and ended up with the silver medal.
Holdener still had to wait for Norway's Ragnhild Mowinckel to go, and after the third-fastest Downhill, she had a real chance to win. But her Slalom was "only" the sixth-fastest of the day and she had to settle for the bronze medal.
The fastest Slalom belonged to unheralded Canadian Roni Remme and that moved her up from 28th after the Downhill to fifth overall. Siebenhofer finished fourth and had a very creditable Slalom – eighth-fastest – but not enough to medal.
It's Holdener's fourth career World Championships medal, and she will be a contender in the Slalom as well. It was the first Worlds medal for Mowinckel and the second for Vlhova.
American Lindsey Vonn had skipped the Downhill training after her crash in the Super-G, but cleverly jumped into the Combined and just skied the Downill, finishing eighth.
The Worlds continue with the Men's Downhill on Saturday. Look for results here. Summaries:
FIS Alpine World Championships
Are (SWE) ~ 5-17 February 2019
Men's Super-G: 1. Dominik Paris (ITA), 1:24.20; 2. tie, Johan Clarey (FRA) and Vincent Kriechmayr (AUT), 1:24.29; 4. Christof Innerhofer (ITA), 1:24.55; 5. Adrien Theaux (FRA), 1:24.57; 6. Josef Ferstl (GER), 1:24.59; 7. Brice Roger (FRA), 1:24.61; 8. tie, Mattia Casse (ITA), Steven Nyman (USA) and Adrian Sejersted (NOR), 1:24.70. Also in the top 25: 11. Ryan Cochran-Siegle (USA), 1:24.73; … 23. Bryce Bennett (USA), 1:25.82.
Women's Super-G: 1. Mikaela Shiffrin (USA), 1:04.89; 2. Sofia Goggia (ITA), 1:04.91; 3. Corinne Suter (SUI), 1:04.94; 4. Viktor Rebensburg (GER), 1:04.96; 5. Nadia Fanchini (ITA), 1:05.03; 6. Ragnhild Mowinckel (NOR), 1:05.05; 7. Francesca Marsaglia (ITA), 1:05.13; 8. Ilka Stuhec (SLO), 1:05.15; 9. Lara Gut-Behrami (SUI), 1:05.37; 10. Federica Brignone (ITA), 1:05.43. Also in the top 25: 22. Alice Merryweather (USA), 1:07.22.
Women's Combined: 1. Wendy Holdener (SUI), 2:02:13 (5th in Downhill + 3rd in Slalom); 2. Petra Vlhova (SVK), 2:02.16 (8+2); 3. Mowinckel (NOR), 2:02.58 (3+6); 4. Ramona Siebenhofer (AUT), 2:02.62 (1+8); 5. Roni Remme (CAN), 2:02.26 (28+1); 6. Brignone (ITA), 2:03.52 (6+10); 7. Kasja Vickhoff Lie (NOR), 2:03.64 (15+5); 8. Franziska Gritsch (AUT), 2:03.82 (29+4). Also: 18. Merryweather (USA), 2:06.63 (10+21).
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Official: Philly to stop giving arrest data to federal immigration agents
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A Philadelphia official says the city is expected to end the arrangement that allows federal immigration agents to see Philadelphia's computerized list of arrests, including country of origin and other data. Everett Gillison, the deputy mayor for public safety, told a meeting of about 300 immigrants and their supporters at a South Philadelphia church on Sunday that there will be a formal announcement of the city's position in the coming week.
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A Philadelphia official says the city is expected to end the arrangement that allows federal immigration agents to see Philadelphia's computerized list of arrests, including country of origin and other data.
Everett Gillison, the deputy mayor for public safety, told a meeting of about 300 immigrants and their supporters at a South Philadelphia church on Sunday that there will be a formal announcement of the city's position in the coming week.
The year-old agreement between the city and the Immigration and Customs Enforcement service is up for renewal on Thursday. It allows ICE agents to routinely access Philadelphia's Preliminary Arraigment Reporting System.
But immigrant advocates say it has resulted in deportation proceedings against those arrested on even minor charges.
An ICE spokesman declined comment, but said the agency's priority is getting convicted criminal aliens off the street.


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Sull'allarme terrorismo in Europa
Published by Silendo on giugno 26, 2012 | 1 Response
La notizia dell'Associated Press sul presunto "lupo solitario" norvegese legato ad al Qaeda:
A Norwegian man has received terrorist training from al-Qaida's offshoot in Yemen and is awaiting orders to carry out an attack on the West, officials from three European security agencies told The Associated Press on Monday.
Western intelligence officials have long feared such a scenario — a convert to Islam who is trained in terrorist methods and can blend in easily in Europe and the United States, traveling without visa restrictions.
Officials from three European security agencies confirmed Monday the man is "operational," meaning he has completed his training and is about to receive a target. All spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the case publicly. They declined to name the man, who has not been accused of a crime.
"We believe he is operational and he is probably about to get his target," one security official said. "And that target is probably in the West."
A security official in a second European country confirmed the information, adding: "From what I understand, a specific target has not been established."
European security services, including in Norway, have warned in recent years of homegrown, radicalized Muslims traveling to terror training camps in conflict zones. Many of the known cases involve young men with family roots in Muslim countries.
But the latest case involves a man in his 30s with no immigrant background, the officials said. After converting to Islam in 2008, he quickly became radicalized and traveled to Yemen to receive terror training, one of the officials said. The man spent "some months" in Yemen and is still believed to be there, he said.
The official said the man has no criminal record, which would also make him an ideal recruit for al-Qaida.
"Not even a parking ticket," he said. "He's completely clean and he can travel anywhere."
The official would not specify what preventive measures were being taken but said "there is a well-established relationship between Western security services, and they share the information needed to prevent terrorism."
continua qui
Tagged: al qaeda, intelligence, sicurezza nazionale, terrorismo
Silendo luglio 2, 2012 at 14:55 | Permalink
Sembra che il bersaglio sia un aereo passeggeri statunitense: http://www.thedaily.com/article/2012/07/02/070212-news-olympics-plot/


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CES 2021 Awards
Halo Infinite preview: 9 things we learned from the developers
By Michael Andronico 24 July 2020
343 Industries talks Halo Infinite campaign, multiplayer and yes, those graphics
(Image credit: Xbox)
Microsoft finally revealed the first-ever Halo Infinite gameplay demo this week, showing off a return to form for the classic shooter franchise, which also incorporates an ambitious new open-world structure. And while the nine-minute gameplay clip we saw showcased plenty of the weapons, vehicles and abilities Master Chief will be using as he battles the Banished, the demo left us with lots of questions about what kind of game Infinite will be.
Fortunately, we got a chance to catch up with developer 343 Industries to have some of those questions answered. In a private livestream, 343 studio head Chris Lee, associate creative director Paul Crocker and head of design Jerry Hook provided commentary over the gameplay demo and took a few questions, giving us a slightly better idea of what to expect from Microsoft's highly anticipated Xbox Series X release. Plenty of questions still remain, but here's everything we learned about Halo Infinite directly from 343.
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Halo Infinite is a "spiritual reboot" for the franchise
343 frequently used the phrase "spiritual reboot" when describing Halo Infinite. The developer wants to deliver the same memorable combat sandbox as the original game, with a variety of modern twists. Many players were quick to point out that the demo looked very similar to Chief's first arrival on the Halo ring in the original title, and that was no accident.
"The 'spiritual reboot' was us looking at the legacy Halo has across all the titles. And taking a look at how our weapons felt, how our characters felt, and saying, 'how do we bring all of that forward?'" said Hook. "The sandbox has more full realization than we've seen in the past. Have we ever had a Grunt thrown at us from a Brute? I don't think so! [Laughing.]"
Yes, Halo Infinite will have multiplayer at launch
After rumors started making the rounds that Halo Infinite will ship without a multiplayer mode, Lee officially confirmed that there will be multiplayer available at launch. He also noted that the campaign will be playable in four-player co-op online, and that more details on split-screen multiplayer will be available soon.
No, Halo Infinite is not an RPG
"We're definitely not an RPG," said Lee when asked about some of the ambitious changes being made to the Halo formula. "Think about taking Halo: Combat Evolved and knocking the walls down, and giving players freedom to explore."
Lee noted that players will be able to pick up new upgrades and abilities as they traverse the game world, but there doesn't appear to be any sort of leveling, or a gear system in the vein of Destiny or The Division.
The new character is called The Pilot and is "very important"
343 shed some additional light on the human male USNC character that discovered Chief's floating body in the E3 2019 trailer and accompanies him for much of the gameplay demo. The character is simply called "The Pilot" (no word if we'll get a full name), and he is very important to the game's narrative, according to 343.
The "most human character [343 has] ever created in the franchise" according to Crocker, The Pilot is meant to represent how the player would experience Master Chief firsthand. He's designed to bring more relatability and humanity to the story, and serve as a more vulnerable foil to the nearly indestructible Chief.
"The Pilot is put in these positions where his humanity is tested, because he can be killed a lot more easily than Chief," said Crocker. "It gives Chief a perspective on humanity he doesn't have by hanging out with Spartans all the time."
The gameplay demo takes place halfway through the game
While the Infinite demo looks a lot like the early stages of Halo: Combat Evolved, it actually takes place roughly halfway through the game, according to 343. That suggests that Chief and The Pilot have been on quite a few adventures before they land on a Halo ring and start taking on big waves of the Banished.
343 also pointed out that last year's "Discover Hope" trailer is set in the beginning of the game. In it, we see The Pilot rescue Master Chief after he's found floating in space.
War Chief Escharum is the new big bad, and he wants one last fight
The Halo Infinite demo concludes with an impassioned speech from War Chief Escharum, the Banished faction leader who has one last goal left: to defeat Master Chief. By the time we meet him in the demo, the Banished have already defeated the USNC in some sort of big battle, but Escharum has a personal mission to take down the UNSC's finest soldier.
"He's a very different character. He's very much Chief's equal," said Crocker. "He's an old soldier that's already won. He didn't have much to live for anymore because he's too good at his job. This is his final fight. He just wants to be able to say 'I defeated Chief."
Halo Infinite will continue Halo 5's story, but not in the way you expect
343 Industries confirmed that Halo Infinite will pick up on the story of Halo 5 while still making the game inviting for newcomers to the franchise. When we last saw Chief in 2015, he was rescued from a corrupted Cortana by Spartan Jameson Locke. But Cortana makes an escape and appears to take control of a new Halo ring, which should play into the plot of Infinite in some way.
"[Infinite] absolutely continues the story of Halo 5, but it does it in ways people are probably not expecting," said Crocker. "It's not the cookie cutter approach to things in a way people think we are doing."
So how does Chief go from being rescued by Fireteam Osiris in Halo 5 to being stranded in space at the start of Infinite? We should know soon.
"There are a lot of things that happened between Halo 5 and Halo Infinite that explain why Master Chief is in that predicament," said Crocker.
Halo Infinite will have a complete campaign at launch, but more story is coming
Speaking of story, many fans expressed some confusion and concern at 343 positioning Halo Infinite as a "platform" that will constantly be updated over time. The developer stressed that Halo Infinite will have "a complete story" when it ships later this year, but that it's looking at ways to expand on that narrative in the future.
Halo Infinite will look better than what you saw in the demo
Before signing off, 343 Industries addressed the big elephant in the room: The game's graphics. Fans were less than pleased at the demo shown off during the Xbox Games Showcase, which was reportedly running on a PC with similar specs to the Xbox Series X.
Lee had two responses to this feedback: First, that players should check out the full 4K version of the demo (the original stream was in 1080p); and second, that Infinite is actively being worked on and will look more polished at launch. He also reiterated that players should look forward to 60 fps performance at up to 4K resolution on Xbox Series X, and that the game delivers 10 times the processing power per pixel of Halo 5.
"We are definitely still very much in development," said Lee. "We're excited about the ambition of the title and we'll make sure its polished and ready to go when fans get their hands on it later this holiday."
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Home Entertainment Enjoy songs of praise
Enjoy songs of praise
The Philharmonia Choir of Cape Town
Acclaimed conductor Richard Cock will conduct The Philharmonia Choir of Cape Town in collaboration with Lavender Hill based St Mark Marimba Band in two Songs of Praise concerts this weekend.
The concerts take place in Cape Town central at the Groote Kerk in Adderley Street on Saturday August 17, at 7pm, and the King of Kings Baptist Church in Fish Hoek on Sunday August 18, at 2.30pm.
The Philharmonia Choir of Cape Town, Cape Town's oldest and one of its best-loved choral groups, comprises more than 120 amateur singers, of all ages and backgrounds, who seek to contribute to the South African musical landscape by performing a diverse and challenging repertoire of music. It is under the musical directorship of Richard Haigh.
Established in 1999, St Mark Marimba Band plays a vital role in uniting St Mark Anglican Church and members of the Lavender Hill community.
St Mark Marimba Band represents a collaboration between
St Mark Anglican Church and the Lavender Hill based non-governmental organisation (NGO) New World Foundation. The NGO sponsors marimba instruments and life-skill facilitation for members of the community who signed up to join the marimba band.
The current marimba team collectively has almost two decades experience. The band performs arrangements that vary from traditional Anglican and other music styles to modern hymns and tunes.
The present team comprises Keegan Solomons, Reagan Elders, Elroy Lewin, Fabrizio Breda, and (in training) Shaquille Bowman.
The following songs of praise are included in the concert programme: Masithi Amen (Stephen Cuthbert Molefe), Siyahamba (arranged by Anders Nyberg), There is a higher throne (Keith Getty and Kristyn Lennox), Te Deum laudamus (Charles Villiers Stanford), God is working his purpose out (Millicent Douglas Kingham), Fairest Lord Jesus (Derek Hakes revised by Craig Courtney) and For the Beauty of the Earth (John Rutter).
Tickets for the Songs of Praise concert are available at R150 from www.quicket.co.za For more information, email info@philharmoniachoir.capetown
The St Mark Marimba Band members are, from left, Keegan Solomons, Reagan Elders, Elroy Lewin, Fabrizio Breda, and (in training) Shaquille Bowman.
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